One labourer was killed and around two dozen labourers were injured when a tower collapsed. The laborers were trying to erect the tower in Ramkhedi Kahari village on Monday evening.
According to police sources, a private company was assigned with the installation of electricity tower and while the labours were trying to erect the tower using ropes, it collapsed.
The Station House Officer of Mandi Police Station Sl Borasi told that the incident took place at around 5 pm in which a labour Mehhedur Hakki was killed after the tower collapsed. Among other injured one of the labour Noor Islam who was severely injured was referred to Hamidia hospital.
Six labours who were injured in the accident including Shambu Gop, Shaprup Guttu, Taufeeq, Israar, Ali and Mafijahal Shaikh are undergoing treatment here at the district hospital.
This is second such incident in the past few months that has occurred with the same company. Three months ago when a tower collapsed in Chhapri around 8 labours out of 10 were killed in the accident.
Additional Superintendent of Police Amit Saxena told that the labourers were not able to balance the tower and lost control over it due to which it fell over the labourers working to erect the tower. The labourers working got tucked in the tower and one of the labourer died in the incident.
The labourer who died was a resident of West Bengal. Most of the labourers are from West Bengal and Jharkhand, he added.
The police told that it is found in the investigation that the incident was caused due to negligence and a case of death caused due to negligence would be registered.